.Dilshan
Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan (born October 14, 1976 in Kalutara, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and member of the Sri Lankan national cricket team since November 1999. Known as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan prior to his conversion from Islam to Buddhism, an aggressive right-hand batsman, he is also a capable spin bowler and his off breaks are mostly used in the one-day arena. T.M. Dilshan won the award of Twenty20 International Performance of the Year at the ICC awards 2009 for his 96 off 57 balls against West Indies in the semi-final of the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England.
Personal life
Born to a family of a Malay farther and a Buddhist mother, Dilshan converted from Islam to Buddhism at an early age of 16 years. Dilshan had his education at Kalutara Vidyalaya, Kalutara. He is now married to Sri Lankan teledrama actress Manjula Thilini. The marriage was celebrated in India during IPL 2008 series, following Hindu rituals. Dilshan has a daughter from his second marriage and a son from his first marriage. Dilshan's brother, TM Sampath is a First-class cricketer in Sri Lanka.
Personal life
Born to a family of a Malay farther and a Buddhist mother, Dilshan converted from Islam to Buddhism at an early age of 16 years. Dilshan had his education at Kalutara Vidyalaya, Kalutara. He is now married to Sri Lankan teledrama actress Manjula Thilini. The marriage was celebrated in India during IPL 2008 series, following Hindu rituals. Dilshan has a daughter from his second marriage and a son from his first marriage. Dilshan's brother, TM Sampath is a First-class cricketer in Sri Lanka.
Personal life
Born to a family of a Malay farther and a Buddhist mother, Dilshan converted from Islam to Buddhism at an early age of 16 years[2]. Dilshan had his education at Kalutara Vidyalaya, Kalutara. He is now married to Sri Lankan teledrama actress Manjula Thilini. The marriage was celebrated in India during IPL 2008 series, following Hindu rituals[3]. Dilshan has a daughter from his second marriage and a son from his first marriage. Dilshan's brother, TM Sampath is a First-class cricketer in Sri Lanka[4].
Career
Dilshan made his Test debut against Zimbabwe in 1999. He scored his maiden Test hundred in the series with a 163. Dilshan also made his One day international debut against Zimbabwe before spending the next 15 months in and out of the side. Even when he played he never knew his place in the side as he was constantly being pushed up and down the order.
His revival as an international cricketer came in 2003. In four consecutive Test innings he scored 63, 100, 83 and 104. The latter came against the world champion Australian side at Galle.
In the first final of the 2005-06 VB Series, Dilshan's fielding made headlines when he made four runouts.
In November 2007, Dilshan scored 188 for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club against Colts Cricket Club in a 50 over game. The innings is the joint 14th highest score made in any List A cricket match (alongside Gary Kirsten's 188 in 1996), and came from just 135 balls, at a strike rate of 139.25. He hit 14 fours and 12 sixes before being bowled by fellow Sri Lankan international Nuwan Kulasekara. The scorecard for the game can be found here [5]
In the 2009 T20 world cup series, Dilshan became player of the series with 317 runs in seven matches which includes three half centuries. He maintained a 52.83 batting average throughout the series, which was the fourth best among all the cricketers, behind AD Mathews (Sri Lanka) with 75, J Kallis (South Africa) with 59.5 and Younis Khan (Pakistan) with 57.33.
His scoop, played straight over the wicket keeper's head, was displayed for the first time during this tournament and came to be known as the Dilscoop in his honour. by bestcricketforever.weebly.com
Born to a family of a Malay farther and a Buddhist mother, Dilshan converted from Islam to Buddhism at an early age of 16 years[2]. Dilshan had his education at Kalutara Vidyalaya, Kalutara. He is now married to Sri Lankan teledrama actress Manjula Thilini. The marriage was celebrated in India during IPL 2008 series, following Hindu rituals[3]. Dilshan has a daughter from his second marriage and a son from his first marriage. Dilshan's brother, TM Sampath is a First-class cricketer in Sri Lanka[4].
Career
Dilshan made his Test debut against Zimbabwe in 1999. He scored his maiden Test hundred in the series with a 163. Dilshan also made his One day international debut against Zimbabwe before spending the next 15 months in and out of the side. Even when he played he never knew his place in the side as he was constantly being pushed up and down the order.
His revival as an international cricketer came in 2003. In four consecutive Test innings he scored 63, 100, 83 and 104. The latter came against the world champion Australian side at Galle.
In the first final of the 2005-06 VB Series, Dilshan's fielding made headlines when he made four runouts.
In November 2007, Dilshan scored 188 for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club against Colts Cricket Club in a 50 over game. The innings is the joint 14th highest score made in any List A cricket match (alongside Gary Kirsten's 188 in 1996), and came from just 135 balls, at a strike rate of 139.25. He hit 14 fours and 12 sixes before being bowled by fellow Sri Lankan international Nuwan Kulasekara. The scorecard for the game can be found here [5]
In the 2009 T20 world cup series, Dilshan became player of the series with 317 runs in seven matches which includes three half centuries. He maintained a 52.83 batting average throughout the series, which was the fourth best among all the cricketers, behind AD Mathews (Sri Lanka) with 75, J Kallis (South Africa) with 59.5 and Younis Khan (Pakistan) with 57.33.
His scoop, played straight over the wicket keeper's head, was displayed for the first time during this tournament and came to be known as the Dilscoop in his honour. by bestcricketforever.weebly.com
Batting and fielding averages
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 60 | 95 | 10 | 3691 | 168 | 43.42 | 5725 | 64.47 | 11 | 13 | 450 | 17 | 70 | 0 |
| ODIs | 180 | 157 | 29 | 4526 | 160 | 35.35 | 5233 | 86.48 | 7 | 19 | 441 | 27 | 78 | 1 |
| T20Is | 31 | 30 | 5 | 717 | 96* | 28.68 | 595 | 120.50 | 0 | 5 | 86 | 12 | 13 | 2 |
| First-class | 195 | 314 | 21 | 11357 | 200* | 38.76 | 30 | 46 | 334 | 23 | ||||
| List A | 264 | 235 | 41 | 7320 | 188 | 37.73 | 12 | 35 | 152 | 8 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 77 | 74 | 9 | 1606 | 96* | 24.70 | 1343 | 119.58 | 0 | 11 | 183 | 37 | 37 | 3 |
Bowling averages
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 60 | 37 | 926 | 471 | 13 | 4/10 | 4/10 | 36.23 | 3.05 | 71.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 180 | 102 | 2791 | 2214 | 51 | 4/29 | 4/29 | 43.41 | 4.75 | 54.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 31 | 12 | 120 | 151 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 37.75 | 7.55 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 195 | 3538 | 1722 | 56 | 5/49 | 30.75 | 2.92 | 63.1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| List A | 264 | 3882 | 3017 | 80 | 4/17 | 4/17 | 37.71 | 4.66 | 48.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 77 | 37 | 433 | 491 | 17 | 3/23 | 3/23 | 28.88 | 6.80 | 25.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |